Men in Black III (2012)

Men in Black III Synopsis

In Men in Black™ 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back... in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

When filmmakers shoot on location in New York they often feel they have the world at their fingertips, spoiled for choice when it comes to visually striking locations to set scenes. And while the city's five boroughs offer plenty of incredible backdrops, gorgeous landmarks, and charming parks to pick from, it does lack one thing many movie lovers would take for granted. You see, New York City doesn't offer a single Chinese restaurant like the ones you've seen in NY-set movies.

Time travel is a popular device in science-fiction, but it’s also a very tricky one to portray correctly. With so much science and so many rules at play, including Chaos Theory and parallel universes, it’s a hard concept to get your mind around. So when director Barry Sonnenfeld was making Men in Black III there was only one real place for him to look: Back To The Future.

No one can deny Smith is a movie star. But is he a great actor? He's starred in a lot of movies that would have crashed and burned without his charisma, but how do you pick which one of them makes a great performance, and which was his best? We debated this amongst ourselves and each of us found a performance we wanted to defend as his best

I've been surprised to see fairly good reviews out there for Men In Black III, the decade-late sequel to Men In Black II that pretty much nobody asked for, and that marks Will Smith's first starring role in four years. But apparently the appeal of the galaxy defenders who won't let you remember hasn't worn off over the years

Summer is coming! Summer is coming! How do I know? Elementary calendar skills, a little warm sun on my back and big budget flicks coming like hotcakes. This week we reacquaint ourselves with the Men in Black and learn why nuclear power plants need a fair bit of oversight

Racing through New York City, J is in familiar territory—trying to prevent the total annihilation of planet earth once more—but is back to being a fish out of water as he swerves through traffic on the wily IT while Clement's baddie fires something vile out of his wrists

It was a golden time in the 90s when Will Smith would write catchy theme songs for his movies. Sure Wild Wild West was a terrible, terrible movie but Smith's song was a lot of fun, as were his tracks for both of the previously released Men in Black movies. Sadly, it seems that Smith is no longer in the recording artist phase of his career...

Rick Baker is an undeniable genius in the field of practical effects. Over the course of his 40-year career he has worked in practically every genre and has created some of the best designs we have ever seen (and has the seven Academy Awards to prove it).

The slapsticky gags of the Men in Black universe appear to be back in full force, along with a bunch of ever sillier jokes, like the hippie telling Will Smith to get high--literally-- and the jarring nonsense of Smith saying he will "slap the shiznit out of Andy Warhol."

The movie is reportedly finished and set for its May 25 release this year, and maybe now that they're out from the cloud of the actual production, director Barry Sonnenfeld and makeup designer Rick Baker are willing to speak out about how crazy the whole experience was

Do these images single-handedly make the movie look like a must see? Nah. But it does remind me of the main thing I'm looking forward to in this film, the rapport that Will Smith and Josh Brolin ought to be able to build that refreshes the cranky old man vs. young upstart vibe between Smith and Tommy Lee Jones from the first film

Clement promises that he’ll look “hideous” once the proper prosthetics are applied to bring out his inner alien. But he also joked that for once in his career, he has discovered a character that allows him to dwell on his inner demon. "I'm 90 percent evil in real life," Clement told the Herald. "It's hard to be nice most of the time when I'm only 10 percent good."

Men In Black 3 suffered a notoriously tortured production process, and given how lame the second film was, there's no particular reason to believe they'll improve things with the third one. But even with such a brief appearance in the trailer, Josh Brolin has given me reason to look forward to the film

The best reveal of the trailer by far is the shot of Josh Brolin as the younger version of Tommy Lee Jones, and you can't blame them for saving it to the very end-- Brolin nails the delivery and the grim facial expression, and his facial expressions are better than any alien makeup or Will-Smith-leaping-off-the-Chrysler-building effect in the trailer

It's kind of hard to get really excited for Men in Black III. In addition to the fact that Men in Black II was a pretty lousy movie, the production on the third installment was rife with problems. What I mean by that was that the entire production was brought to a grinding halt and put on hiatus when they discovered that the script didn't work and they had to bring in new writers to right the ship.

Sony denies the budget number, and it's likely we'll never really get the full budget information, especially since apparently some of the money has gone toward placating Will Smith's towering ego with things like rebuilding sets to suit his whims and, well, providing a gigantic personal trailer for him that takes up the entire street

A few hours ago the first promo poster for The Avengersleaked online. The artwork, which came out of the 2011 Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas, isn't the greatest thing in the world, but it doesn't really need to be. The entire convention is dedicated towards merchandising, so the focus isn't so much on quality as it is showing off the name. Hence why these new images lack panache.

Smith will have to walk half a mile each way to his 53-foot double decker trailer, which apparently includes a personal gym and is nicknamed "The Heat." But according to the Post he's also got a $25,000-per-month apartment on Bond Street less than a mile away, so that's another option for lunch hour

Stuhlbarg is best known for starring as the beleaguered Larry Gopnik in the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man, but he's a mainstay in the New York theater scene, so it makes sense that he'd be somewhere around the Queens shoot for Men In Black III and able to jump in at the last minute

Given the ridiculous delays on the movie I'm actually inclined to believe the scheduling excuse for once, but it wouldn't surprise me if Baldwin were also trying to back away from what he sees as a doomed project. Baldwin's departure doesn't exactly cripple MIB III

That’s a month and a half later than was originally scheduled, but the change is now needed in order to accommodate screenwriter David Koepp who’s been brought in to fix some fundamental problems in the script. You may remember producers made the bizarre decision

Considering that they've yet to film any of the 1969 sequences it's understandable that they would wait this long to cast the part, but I can't shake the feeling that the whole thing is incredibly disorganized. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that a good portion of the movie has already been filmed and now is on hold because they have to finish the script. Yeah, that's probably it.

Thing's aren't looking great for Men In Black III. In fact, they're looking downright awful. While many have wondered why we even need another Men in Black movie (particularly because the first sequel was such an extreme downgrade from the first), the production has experienced problems, the most notable being that the film has been on hiatus since December due to script issues (Tommy Lee Jones has even said he has no idea what the movie is about).

Though production is just starting, there's already a shutdown looming-- though depending on who you ask, it's either a scheduled business tactic or a sign that things are not going smoothly behind the scenes

Given that Rip Torn previously played the boss Zed, and Torn is currently undergoing treatment for alcohol abuse after breaking into a Connecticut bank last January, it's not surprising they may be replacing him for the

Will Smith is the only confirmed cast member right now, but the studio is in "advanced negotiations" for Tommy Lee Jones to return, and Josh Brolin is in talks to star as a younger version of Jones's character

Remember when Will Smith movies used to be fun? I don't mean to insult the man, as he is certainly one of the coolest working in the film industry today, but it has been years since he put on that big goofy smile and fought the bad guys with a cocky attitude and a catchy rap song